Improved pegging awl holder and extractor



l UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

f HUGH HUSTON, OF CANNOFSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEDv PEGGlNG AWL HOLDER AND EXTFiACTOF.A

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,8 l 5, dated September 8,1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH HUsToN, of Gannonsburg, in the county of Washington and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new, useful, and Improved AWl-Holder and Awl- Extractor 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing as simple as possible an instrument or means by which a pegging-a-wl shall be extracted from leather, so that the awl and haft are thrown up in such position as .to leave the holejust made by the awl in the leather in full view. This is done, asset forth below, by means of an extractor, with its extensions, as operated by a spring.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 is au end View. Fig. 2 is a sectional view ot Fig. 1 through A and B. Fig. 3 is a sectional view ot Fig. l through G and D.

Fig. l is an end view as seen when looking at the lower end, and indicates the outlines of the several parts of my pegging-awl holder and awl-extractor, the drawings being of full size, and the letters of reference indicate the same parts in the figures. Ihe first circle, Fig. 1, is the outline of the haft or handle a. The next two circles are the outlines of the out and in side surfaces'of the ferrule b. The

the smallest circle indicates the lower end of the aWl-holderf, and is divided into four parts or points by being sawed or cut at right angles as far down as may be necessary to admit of putting in and taking out easily the awl g.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. l through A and B. c is the haft or handle.

The awl-holderfhas its shank ff2 made square in the part passing through the haft to prevent the haft from turning when in use, and is fastened at the top or upper end,f, by a screw-nut sunk into the haft.

, At f3 is a flange or ring surrounding the holder, and brazed or welded to it, so as to admit of a blow or stroke on the haft of a hammer suficient to cause the awl to penetrate the leather, and not be driven down on the shank or split. The flange f3 is also designed asabase or shoulder for the upper end of the spring a, to work against in its expansions to litt up the awl-holderf. The lower end of the holder is tapering, Figs. 2 and 3, with a screw cut on it to receive the six-sided screw-nut E,

which in the inside is tapering so as to tit on the end of the holder designed to compress the four points or parts of the awlholder f closely together around the awl g,so as to hold it in a firm position when in use. The awl g is square or flat at its upper end, so as to have a good`bearing in its place against the holder.

The awl-extractorc is cylindrical in shape, having two extensions, c c2, designed to admit of seeing the position of the point of the awl before striking the blow, to cause it to penetrate the leather, and also to see the hole just made for the peg. Through the center is a hole, made to it closely on the holder for about one-third of its way, yet move easily. Then the diameter of the hole is enlarged sufliciently to admit of an unobstructed movement past the screw-nut E, as the extractor is pressed by the spring d to extract the awl g, and also to admit of the removal of the screwnut E wh enever desired to change the awl. On opposite sides of the extractor are extensions, Fig. 30 c2, with small screws cut on their ends, on which to screw leather or any elastic material designed to prevent injury to the leather by the pressure on it in extracting the awl. On the outside ofthe extractor,Fig. 2, is a pin, h, at right angles with the exten-` sions, made to work in the slot i in the ferrule designed to hold the extractor iu position when in use. At right angles with the pin h, and in line with one of the extensions c2, is a pin-hole, K, passing through one side of the extractor just above the `commencement of the enlarged internal diameter designed to admit the pin K, which passes through the ferrule K2, to hold the extractor firmly in position and to compress the spring, Fig. 3, so as to allow of the removal ofthe awl by unserewf ing the nut E. The ferrule b is attached to the lower end of the haft at m m by small screws, and at right angles with the pin hole K2 is a slot, i, on the inside, in depth one-half ot' the thickness of the shell of the ferule, :md of sufficient length to admit of the-full eXtension of the spring d. t

What I olztirn as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wvl-extractor c, its extensions c c2, 4

its pin h, and its Inode of fastening K K K2, as and for purposes speoied.

2. The angef, as and for purposes specied. Y

3. The ferrule, with its slot z' and pin-hole K2, as and for purposes specified.

4. The awlholderf j" f2, the awl g, the spiral spring d, in Combination, as and for purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have 'hereunto signed my name before two subscribing witnesses.

Hoen HUsroNr 

